Great Expectations

6 x 1 hour limited series. Premiered 26th March 2023 on BBC One and Hulu. 

GERARD COOKE plays the role of BOWDEN in episode 2; a prisoner at Newgate Prison who is on death row, along with his friend Ackland. They are about to be hung for a crime they repeatedly claim they didn’t do. London lawyer Mr Jaggers shows up to exonerate one of them at the last minute. But who is to be spared?

Watch the episode on BBC iPlayer

The cast includes Olivia Colman - who will star as Miss Havisham - alongside Fionn Whitehead, Ashley Thomas, Johnny Harris, Shalom Brune-Franklin, Hayley Squires, Owen McDonnell, Trystan Gravelle, Matt Berry, Rudi Dharmalingam, Tom Sweet, Bronte Carmichael and Laurie Ogden.

Produced by SCOTT FREE PRODUCTIONS and HARDY, SON & BAKER for FX and BBC One.
Written by STEVEN KNIGHT (Peaky Blinders, Taboo, See).
Directed by LUCY FORBES (This Is Going To Hurt, The End of the F***ing World, In My Skin).
Executive Producers: RIDLEY SCOTT, TOM HARDY, STEVEN KNIGHT, DEAN BAKER, KATE CROWE AND DAVID ZUCKER.

Further cast and crew info on IMDb

 PRESS & MEDIA

Watch the trailer for Great Expectations, coming to BBC One and BBC iPlayer from Sunday 26 March
BBC Media Centre 10.03.2023

Great Expectations - Everything you need to know about Steven Knight's new BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens' story
BBC Media Centre 07.02.2023

First-look pictures released of Steven Knight’s forthcoming adaptation of Great Expectations
BBC Media Centre 12.07.2022

Olivia Colman to star in BBC adaptation of Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations
The Guardian 17.02.2022

Casting announced for Steven Knight’s adaptation of Great Expectations for the BBC
BBC Media Centre 17.02.2022

Interview - ‘The Peaky Blinders film will tell us where to go next’:
Steven Knight on his show’s final series
The Guardian 11.02.2022

 Steven Knight to adapt Charles Dickens’ Great Expectations for BBC One and FX
BBC Media Centre 13.05.2020